Definition: The condition or fact of being final. A final, conclusive, or decisive act or utterance.
Etymology: c.1330, from L. finalis "of or pertaining to an end," from finis "end." Finalize is first recorded 1922 in Australian Eng. Finalist "competitor remaining after eliminations" is from 1898. Final solution is from 1947, a translation of Ger. Endlösungihame, name given to Nazi Jewish policy from 1941.
He spoke with an air of finality.
Luo Beier (17) 1-4
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